Control system of PROMT chicken meat processing plant, Brno

The meat processing plant PROMT Modrice, a.s. was established in 1994. The company focused on butchery, production of smoked meat and compound feed after its founding. The compound feed for livestock was produced in the remote production plant in Opava. This production plant was separated in 2006. Silagra CZ, a.s. (the separated production plant) became one of the ten agricultural centers of the Agropol Group holding company. Today, PROMT Modrice, a.s. focuses on the slaughtering of the chickens and processing of their meat. The meat processing plant in Modrice meets the latest standards in this branch.

At the end of 2003, a new poultry cutting machine was put into service in the PROMT Modrice meat processing plant. The cutting machine was supplied by Meyn Food Processing Technology B.V. from the Netherlands. The new cutting machine increases the capacity to process chicken by up to 7,000 pieces per hour. Complete reconstruction and installation of the poultry cutting machine, including implementation of a new Control System, was carried out by ELKING, s.r.o. from Brno, Czech Republic.

Control system

The SCADA-based control system consists of one Tecomat TC 700 PLC device and one control computer. In the remote switch room, there is a distribution box equipped with the Tecomat TC 700 programmable logic controller, power circuits and drive control circuits. Communication with the control computer is provided over an RS-232 serial line. The Reliance SCADA/HMI system was chosen for reliable control and visualization of all production processes. Each particular system or production process can be displayed on the control computer's monitor. For example, the operators can control conveyor lines, setup drive parameters, control the poultry cutting machine, etc. The data from the processes is stored in Reliance's database for further analysis.

The control system was also equipped with an Operator Panel supplied by Exor spol. s r.o. This Operator Panel is designed for use as a back-up Control System. This means that the production line can be controlled from this operator panel in the event of failure of the main control computer.

Picture of the control room